How do you use Crabbed in a sentence? See 1 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crabby or cross, plus the exact meaning.
Crabbed meaning
- Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
- Cramped, bent.
- Crowded together and difficult to read.
Using Crabbed
- The main meaning on this page is: Bad-tempered or cantankerous. | Cramped, bent. | Crowded together and difficult to read.
- Useful related words include: crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy.
Context around Crabbed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crabbed
- In this selection, "crabbed" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lays stand out and add context to how "crabbed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include thought in crabbed lays to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crabbed" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crabbed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But through the metre spake the voice of Love, And like a wild-wood nightingale he sang Who thought in crabbed lays to ease his heart. (26 words)
But through the metre spake the voice of Love, And like a wild-wood nightingale he sang Who thought in crabbed lays to ease his heart. (26 words)
Example sentences (1)
But through the metre spake the voice of Love, And like a wild-wood nightingale he sang Who thought in crabbed lays to ease his heart.